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Dr. Wayne Nafziger publishes the fifth edition of his textbook, Economic Development.
E. Wayne Nafziger, University Distinguished Professor of Economic, Kansas State University,
has just published the fifth edition of a textbook, Economic Development, with Cambridge
University Press. Nafziger has authored 14 books (two with coauthors), coedited six
books, and published numerous journal articles in economic growth and income distribution.
The focus of Nafziger’s publications is on the low- and middle-income economies of
Asia, Africa, Latin America, and East-Central Europe, where 85 percent of the world’s
population lives, as well as analyses of the lessons of Japan’s long-term growth from
the 1860s through the 1980s and recent advances by South Korea and Singapore, for
contemporary developing countries. more>>
Drs. Gormely and Akkina set to retire as the semester winds down.
The Department will lose 86 years of combined teaching experience as Dr. Patrick Gormely and Dr. Krishna Akkina retire at the end of this spring.
Dr. Patrick Gormely has given 45 years of dedicated service to Kansas State University.
Over his years at Kansas State University, Patrick has served on numerous departmental
committees, as Director of Graduate Studies, and as Acting Head of the Department
of Economics. He served two terms on the KSU Faculty Senate and many years on the
Board of Directors of the KSU Teachers and Employees Association. more>>
Dr. Krishna Akkina has given 41 years of dedicated service to Kansas State University.
Krishna arrived at Kansas State University in September 1971 and received his PhD
from the University of Minnesota the following spring. He received his Bachelor of
Arts degree from Andhra University in 1963 with dual majors in economics and mathematics.
Before attending Minnesota for his doctoral degree, Krishna also earned a master’s
degree from Delhi University in 1965. more>>
Recent book by Lloyd Thomas to be translated and published in Chinese.
Lloyd Thomas has been notified that his book, The Financial Crisis and Federal Reserve Policy, published by Palgrave-Macmillan in 2011, will be translated and published in Chinese in fall 2012. Thomas indicates that he was inspired to write this book during his sabbatical leave in 2009-2010. more>>
Recent research projects by Yang-Ming Chang, professor of economics, include an examination
of differences between the U.S. antitrust case and the E.U. antitrust case against
Microsoft. In 2000, the U.S. Department of Justice called for the Microsoft’s breakup
for reasons that included the following:...